HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH & COMMUNICATIONS

Midsize cars vs. minicars/microcar

Front-to-front crash test details

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Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
  Footwell intrusion Brake pedal (cm) Instrument panel rearward movement Steering column movement A-pillar rearward movement (cm)
Footrest (cm) Left (cm) Center (cm) Right (cm) Left (cm) Right (cm) Upward (cm) Rearward (cm)
Honda Accord
midsize car
model tested: 2009 9 11 10 6 5 1 1 1 0 1
Honda Fit
minicar
model tested: 2009 24 27 29 20 21 16 13 9 8 14
Mercedes C class
midsize car
model tested: 2009 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 -3 0
Smart Fortwo
microcar
model tested: 2009 32 28 29 24 20 10 6 21 -2 12
Toyota Camry
midsize car
model tested: 2009 11 7 2 1 3 3 1 -1 -8 4
Toyota Yaris
minicar
model tested: 2009 26 36 30 23 20 17 9 15 10 23
Driver injury measures
  Head Neck Chest maximum compression (mm) Legs Foot acceleration (g)
HIC-15 Peak gs at hard contact Tension
(kN)
Extension bending moment (Nm) Maximum Nij Femur force (kN) Knee displacement (mm) Maximum tibia index Tibia axial force (kN)
Left Right Left Right Left Right Left Right Left Right
Honda Accord
midsize car
model tested: 2009 147 no contact 1.1 8 0.22 30 1.1 0.2 0 0 0.51 0.43 2.0 3.2 156 72
Honda Fit
minicar
model tested: 2009 542 84 1.7 49 0.41 33 2.5 10.1 7 4 1.13 0.97 3.1 10.2 134 200
Mercedes C class
midsize car
model tested: 2009 144 90 0.9 25 0.24 30 2.2 2.1 4 10 0.30 0.72 3.2 5.1 79 85
Smart Fortwo
microcar
model tested: 2009 1660 141 3.5 23 0.57 21 7.2 12.7 29 5 0.80 2.86 7.9 12.4 394 239
Toyota Camry
midsize car
model tested: 2009 382 93 1.1 26 0.25 25 1.9 2.5 2 1 0.95 0.56 5.3 4.6 180 100
Toyota Yaris
minicar
model tested: 2009 1483 153 3.5 84 1.13 38 0.7 14.4 0 1 1.27 1.07 5.9 6.3 222 230

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